Dentons understands the challenges facing Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). We have a world-class reputation in the real estate industry and an acute ability to leverage market turmoil, mining new portfolio opportunities around the world and taking full advantage of the latest REIT markets as they arise. We have advised a diverse profile of REIT clients—including publicly-traded, private, domestic and cross-border REITs—on complex REIT structures and transactions. Ours is a multidisciplinary approach, leveraging the expertise of our Real Estate, Corporate, Capital Markets and Tax practice groups to provide you with solutions that address your regulatory and compliance needs while also meeting your business objectives.

Our REIT team provides you with comprehensive legal representation, including:

• Entity formation
• REIT tax qualification and compliance
• Annual REIT qualification opinions
• Securities and exchange registrations and filings
• Capital raising
• Ongoing operational issues
• Corporate governance
• Complex real estate transactions.

The experience of our REIT team, combined with the breadth and depth of our capabilities in the mortgage industry, makes Dentons a one-stop shop for mortgage REITs.